Patients' information-seeking activity is associated with treatment compliance in inflammatory bowel disease patients

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Authors

Valérie Pittet · Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine

Gerhard Rogler · University Hospital of Zurich

Christian Mottet · Hôpital de la Providence

Florian Froehlich · University Hospital of Zurich

Pierre Michetti · Clinique de La Source

Philippe de Saussure · University Hospital of Geneva

Bernard Burnand

Abstract

In Switzerland, IBD patients noncompliant to treatment were more often seeking disease-related information than compliant patients. Daily management of symptoms and disease seemed to be an important concern of those patients.

Topics & Keywords

Health Literacy and Information Accessibility Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare Medication Adherence and Compliance

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volume 49, Issue 6, pp. 662-673

DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2014.896408

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